Australia won their final World Cup match against England with ease at Indore on Sunday. Lauren Bell produced an exceptional jaffa to remove Phoebe Litchfield during the powerplay before Linsey Smith showed superb awareness in bowling Beth Mooney with ease.
But an outstanding 180-run partnership between Annabel Sutherland and Ash Gardner restored Australian dominance. Gardner completed her second century of the tournament and produced 16 fours during her innings.
The England Women’s National Cricket Team vs Australia Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard reflected Australia’s all-round superiority in this high-profile World Cup clash.
Batting Scorecard — England Women
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Jones (Wk) | 18 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 69.23 |
| Tammy Beaumont | 78 | 105 | 10 | 1 | 74.28 |
| Heather Knight | 20 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 74.07 |
| Nat Sciver (C) | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| (Remaining batters & ball-by-ball details available in full scorecard) (NDTV Sports) |
Bowling Figures — England vs Australia Women
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Bell | 8 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Linsey Smith | 8 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 5.37 |
| Sophie Ecclestone | 9.3 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 6.52 |
| Nat Sciver | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 6.28 |
| Charlotte Dean | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Alice Capsey | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
Annabel Sutherland and Ash Gardner’s 180-run partnership
Annabel Sutherland and Ash Gardner produced an amazing 180-run partnership as England beat Australia at Holkar Stadium in Indore to advance into the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup. Not only were these two extraordinary with bat and ball; Sutherland made her mark as an off-spinner while Gardner took four wickets as England bowled Australia out for just 207 runs.
England finally secured a much-needed win following their 16-0 thrashing by Australia in their previous encounter, and Heather Edwards’ leadership demonstrated it. Her approachability replaced Sarah Taylor as captain to bring forth victory against her adversaries.
England won the toss and elected to bowl first, quickly taking control of proceedings as Shrubsole, Brunt and Coyte dismantled Australia’s batting order with Shrubsole’s spin bowlers (Shrubsole, Brunt and Coyte). Following Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning’s departures quickly after each other, Jess Cameron held things together with an excellent 49 off 34 balls innings that brought Australia to 147-4 after they concluded their innings.
After lunch, England’s spinners continued their dominance, with Sutherland and Gardner producing an unbreakable stand of 142 runs for the third wicket. Both players displayed impressive skill, passing 100 in rapid succession as England’s top and middle order faltered.
After Australia had been bowled out, England were finally able to strike. Edna Barker took crucial wickets during this match–she caught Marjorie Marvell lbw for England and took five in total before she eventually was dismissed herself in 14 overs – all contributing to England reducing them down to 2488-8 and thus turning the tables.
From there on out, spinners were easily able to seal England’s victory – Sophie Molineux trapping Heather Knight leg before wicket, with Alana King collecting Nat Sciver-Brunt and Emma Lamb soon afterwards via leg before wicket dismissals. England now head into the semi-finals as firm favourites – they hope not repeating last year’s quarter-final meltdown when facing New Zealand again in the final game!
Georgia Voll’s four-wicket haul
England won its inaugural women’s Test against Australia at Brisbane’s Exhibition Ground, defeating them with ease by two wickets (largely thanks to Myrtle Maclagan who scored an outstanding record-setting innings, scoring 119 not out, taking 10 wickets across three-match series and then three more inaugural three match ODI series in 1984), before losing the five match Ashes series (which marked their decline over multi-format competitions).
England maintained their winning ODI streak in 2024, led by captain Heather Knight who took eight wickets during the tournament (including four against New Zealand at Edgbaston). A new crop of players were brought together the following year in an attempt to alter England’s approach to cricket and establish its status as an international sport for women.
As a result, cricketing reform involved transitioning from long-formats to an efficient 50-over format that increased both profile and financial viability of women’s cricket. Furthermore, this format also enabled more frequent bilateral series among major women’s nations.
England struggled to score runs in ODIs, yet fast bowlers showed promise in these matches. Part of England’s success lay with fast-medium bowling, which enabled England’s top-order batsmen to achieve higher scoring rates than their counterparts from other teams.
Under these circumstances, England held high hopes for Georgia Voll’s debut in this tournament – she made her World Cup debut here!
Voll has made an immediate impact since joining England Women. Her natural talent for batting combined with her calm approach under pressure make her an invaluable member of any England team.
Voll made an immediate impact in her debut match by bowling India to an 11-year low total of 100 after they elected to bat. Megan Schutt also scored a half century, and Minnu Mani registered 46 not out – two achievements that underscored Voll’s outstanding debut performance.
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s five-wicket haul
The England women’s cricket team represents England and Wales internationally in international women’s cricket, administrated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). England are members of the International Cricket Council with Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International status; Charlotte Edwards serves as captain with Lisa Keightley coaching as coach.
England Women have won several major tournaments, such as the World Cup twice and ICC Women’s Championship once as well as T20I Trophy two times. Furthermore, two gold medals were won at FIH Four Nations Tournament. England Cricket boasts a rich tradition of competitive cricket – their inaugural win came at Lord’s in 2009 against New Zealand with four wickets margin in an exciting, low scoring final match-up at Lord’s.
In 2018, England women’s cricket team was ranked number three worldwide by the International Cricket Council, boasting the best record across both ODI and T20I cricket formats. Katherine Brunt, Heather Knight and Claire Taylor played pivotal roles for England in T20I cricket matches.
England women’s cricket team faced an uphill struggle during 2017-2018 season; nevertheless they managed to secure victory thanks to captain Charlotte Edwards’ strategic batting and Katherine Brunt’s seven wicket haul with her ball.
Following the conclusion of Ashes series against Australia, England women’s cricket team went on to win an eight-match ODI series against them. Their success was due to outstanding batting performances from Taylor, Beth Morgan and Edwards who played an outstanding 115-ball innings at Lord’s.
The England women’s cricket team started 2019 off poorly, losing both opening matches in the Women’s Super League against Sri Lanka and West Indies. But after winning against South Africa and India they managed to recover and qualify for the semi-finals.
Alice Capsey and Charlie Dean’s 61-run partnership
England’s Tammy Beaumont top scored with 78, yet her total could have been drastically lower without an unassailable sixth-wicket stand of 61 between Alice Capsey (38) and Charlie Dean (26) in Indore. They saved their innings after an earlier middle order collapse saw Heather Knight run out for 20 by leg-spinner Alana King while Sophia Dunkley and Emma Lamb struggled for single digit scores. Alana King took 1-20 off her 10 overs which caused havoc with bat and ball alike in Indore.
Australian openers Kim Garth and Megan Schutt began the match sloppily and Beaumont took full advantage of it by capitalising on width to hit point for four from her first ball and add three boundaries from her second over before being bowled by Sutherland for an exquisite delivery that left England’s openers reeling. Unfortunately for Sutherland however, her work quickly unravelled due to a perfectly-timed delivery from England opener Sutherland who delivered one such delivery which caused Beaumont’s wicket in disarray! But then England lost three openers!
Due to Alyssa Healy’s absence due to calf injury, their hosts soon fell behind at 24-3 as Lauren Bell struck quickly by striking Phoebe Litchfield off stump in the third over. Linsey Smith then removed Georgia Voll (6) and Ellyse Perry (13) leaving them at just 68-4 overall.
Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner used a steady partnership of unbroken 180 for the fifth wicket to achieve victory within 40.3 overs. Sutherland scored an unbeaten 98 not out from 113 balls that featured 16 boundaries and sixes; her innings proved pivotal to victory.
Australia won all six matches at this year’s Women’s World Cup to move them to the top of the points table and knock England off top position in their group, but their first loss in six ODIs against Australia. England remain third and will play Sri Lanka again next Sunday to decide their last semi-final berth; hoping for victory when travelling to Visakhapatnam against New Zealand next.
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